6/19/2025 1:22:38 PM EU: Political agreement reached on CBAM simplification By Julia Voskoboinikova On 18 June 2025, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on amendments to simplify the Carbon Border...
5/22/2025 12:28:30 PM EU: sustainability elements of the Omnibus IV proposal By Julia Voskoboinikova On 21 May 2025, the European Commission published the Omnibus IV simplification package aimed at simplifying EU rules and reducing...
5/6/2025 5:44:49 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - May 2025 By Sara Feijao Gilly Hutchinson Julia Voskoboinikova The May edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our May issue covers key developments on the full...
4/15/2025 12:48:30 PM H2Global Update: German Hintco Prepares First Resale and Second Import Tender for Renewable Hydrogen By Ruth Losch Maximilian Volmar The German H2Global foundation is advancing its mission to kick-off the renewable hydrogen industry by acting as a market maker for...
3/4/2025 1:39:25 PM Linklaters ESG Newsletter - March 2025 By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova The March edition of our Global ESG Newsletter is now available and can be accessed here. Our March issue covers key developments on the...
3/3/2025 1:54:20 PM EU: Commission proposes changes to Carbon Boarder Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) as part of first Omnibus package By Julia Voskoboinikova The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) both aim to reduce carbon emissions by placing...
2/26/2025 6:36:16 PM EU: Commission publishes Clean Industrial Deal with a roadmap for marrying up competitiveness with decarbonisation By Julia Voskoboinikova Melissa Verplancke Laure Driessen On 26 February 2025, the European Commission published a Communication entitled “The Clean Industrial Deal: a joint roadmap for...
2/13/2025 10:32:31 AM EU: Commission’s Work Programme sets out key ESG / sustainability initiatives for 2025 By Sara Feijao On 12 February 2025, the European Commission published its new Work Programme setting out a list of the main policy and legislative...
1/16/2025 3:25:06 AM ESG Legal Outlook 2025: key Asia themes By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova We have published our ESG Legal Outlook 2025 highlighting the key global themes set to shape the legal landscape for ESG in the coming...
12/16/2024 3:49:17 PM EU Omnibus Regulation: what do we know so far? By Sara Feijao NOTE ADDED ON 03/03/25: The Commission published the first Omnibus package on 26 February 2025 with proposed changes to the CSRD, CSDDD,...
12/16/2024 3:38:25 PM What does the new European Commission have in store for sustainability? By Sara Feijao The new European Commission started work on 1 December 2024. This marks the start of a new five-year mandate (December 2024 to October...
11/26/2024 7:44:39 PM COP29: what was decided and what does it mean in practice for business? By Sara Feijao Nearly 200 countries and thousands of attendees gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan this year for COP29, the annual UN climate summit. The...
11/19/2024 1:11:00 AM COP29: first results By Gilly Hutchinson Sara Feijao Julia Voskoboinikova COP29, the United Nations climate summit, started in Baku in Azerbaijan on 11 November 2024 and will run until 22 November. This COP has...
11/8/2024 11:21:15 AM The future of nuclear financing: A turning point for investment in clean energy By Maryam Adamji In the face of escalating climate challenges and the pressing need to achieve net zero emissions, nuclear energy is witnessing a...
10/18/2024 10:51:59 AM Transition Finance Market Review provides blueprint for unlocking transition finance in the UK and globally By Sara Feijao In this blog post and accompanying video, we explore the final recommendations of the Transition Finance Market Review and what it means...
10/3/2024 3:20:06 PM UK: Navigating ESOS Phase 3 By Claudia Harper The UK’s Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is an energy usage assessment scheme that requires in-scope organisations to audit...